{"product_id":"blackberries-blackberries-9780813169583","title":"Blackberries, Blackberries","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the title implies, this beautifully written collection bursts with stories reminiscent of blackberries----small, succulent morsels that are inviting and sweet, yet sometimes bitter. Crystal Wilkinson provides an almost voyeuristic glimpse into the lives of her characters: Two misfit teenagers seek stolen moments of love and acceptance in the cloak of night (\"Hushed\"); a woman spends every waking hour obsessed with dying yet ironically watching her loved ones pass away before her (\"Waiting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCrystal Wilkinson \u003c\/b\u003eis author of \u003ci\u003eThe Birds of Opulence, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the 2016 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWater Street\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for both the UK's Orange Prize for Fiction and the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award. The winner of the 2008 Denny Plattner Award in Poetry from \u003ci\u003eAppalachian Heritage\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and the Sallie Bingham Award from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, she serves as Appalachian Writer-in-Residence at Berea College and teaches in the Spalding University low residency MFA in Creative Writing Program.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Kentucky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641688199442,"sku":"9780813169583","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_860c38f0-edfa-4618-b134-e10cb1111077.jpg?v=1733030177","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/blackberries-blackberries-9780813169583","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}